UK Horse Racing Tips

For all of you festival followers out there, it’s not long now until Cheltenham is once again upon us. The Cheltenham Festival has grown from a two to a four day affair over the years and now consists of just shy of 30 races to offer plenty of betting opportunities for both casual and serious race fans alike. Around four million pounds in prize money is on offer, a million of which is for the Gold Cup alone. Attendance reaches close to a quarter of a million, which is a figure no other British four day festival can boast.

The Cheltenham Festival features a whole host of noteworthy races, ranging from the very first race, the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle, to The Queen Mother Champions Chase. Then we have the Foxhunter Chase run over the Gold Cup course and of course the prestigious Cheltenham Gold Cup itself, won last year by Lord Windermere (just announced as an entry for April’s Grand National), ridden by jockey Davy Russell.

When I first cast my eye over the early Cheltenahm betting last month I highlighted both Road to Riches and Many Clouds at 8-1 in the Gold Cup as potential decent priced contenders. They have drifted ever so slightly (Road to Riches in now 9-1 with Titan Bet and Many Clouds at 10-1 with Paddypower). Silviniaco Conti is still firm favourite at 3-1. I’ll be highlighting any significant shifts in Cheltenham Betting Odds over the coming days and weeks.

Not many well known tipsters have laid their cards down so far, but it’s understandable as we’re a month away. Still, Ed Chamberlin of Sporting Life has plumped for Boston Bob (16/1) and we can’t expect more tipsters, well known ones as well as the blogspot bunch (who are often more reliable actually) to chip in with their suggestions imminently. We’ll be sure to highlight them here.

A staggering 150 million pounds is bet on the Cheltenham Festival each  and ever year. Are you going to be one of this year’s winners?

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